Thirty-five years ago, moviegoers first paid to see a tale from a long time ago, in a galaxy far away. It changed the life of John Booth, author of Collect All 21: Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek.
NPR’s Morning Edition covered the 35th anniversary of A New Hope with a brief segment toward the end of yesterday’s program.
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Bounce around the room
nprfreshair: Happy Birthday Carl!!!
Carl Kasell, NPR News (by Melody Kramer)
Carl is the man.
NPR’s Robert Smith, I salute you. This is an edited version of his report on Ron Paul’s second-place finish in the New Hampshire GOP presidential primary. It contains the bits relevant to my interests — namely, Star Wars references. Kudos to you, sir, for the A New Hope reference at the end.
Today's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" punned on the phrase "Newt or Mitt"
- Kyrie O'Connor: Well, you know what's bad is that now it's down to two people, right, pretty much. So you have to say Mitt or Newt because you can't say Newt or Mitt.
- Peter Sagal: That would be redundant.
- Peter Grosz: Yeah, I think it's happened already.
- Charlie Pierce: I was going to say I think the base has already done that.
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The Senate has again rejected proposals to extend the payroll tax holiday through next year, with Republicans objecting to using a “millionaires surtax” to pay for it. NPR tried to find millionaires who also object — but with little success.
From today’s Morning Edition.
This is what great journalism looks like.
"Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" takes on the Rick Perry debate gaff
- Amy Dickinson: But didn't you love how the other candidates tried to help him? It was so sweet.
- Charlie Pierce: Yeah, but the problem is, the other seven didn't know what they wanted to get rid of, either.
- Peter Sagal: Bachmann was like, "Is it the Ministry of Magic?"
Steve Jobs on Fresh Air in 1996. [full interview here.] On Tuesday, we’ll talk with Walter Isaacson about his biography “Steve Jobs.”
Peter Sagal from NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! interviews “Watson” following his historic win on Jeopardy! last week.
